THE GAME DESCRIBED

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 170, 5 August 1937, Page 14

THE GAME DESCRIBED

Nel put tfhe ball in motion and when 'the first scrum went down the visitors seeured but Wasloy and Finlay made ' good clearanoe kicks to counter their offensive. Craven found touch inside Manawatu 's twenty-five when he took the first penalty kick after five minutes' play. From the lineout South Africa seeured but White promptly kicked back into touch. When faulty handling . between White and Lyster gave Manawatu forwards their first big break'. they went through fast and bustled Brand. Powell attempted a I penalty kick from near the twentyfive flag but misdirected. Brand accepted the ball only for another man to come. in offside, bnt from a handy position Finlay was unable to find the up- | rights. Manawatu had another thrill when Wasley, profiting from a broken Springbok movement, seeured and fired the ball out to Waugh, who raced up before centriug. Only ■ by a narrow margin did the Springboks save under the posts from Finlay who came through fast. The Springboks made one excursion in which they bustled Waldin only to lose possession in opening np play, and soon Edlin and Buick restored Manawatu to attack. Waugh '3 clever kick again nearly produced points when he centred just as Brand tackled him, but by a slight margin ;the, visitors saved from Manawatu -s fsrwards. Sullivan dived across as ho seeured from a lineout at close quarters, but was reealled for a wrongly thrown ball. Brand 's kieking was particularly valuable to the Springboks at this stage, several times repulsing the green forwards after they had battled near the line. Louw was prominent in line-outs now, and troubled Edlin with quick tackling. McKenzie and Williams staged a good breakaway for Manawatu but the Springboks put more and more power j into their game, and their first score came after .28 minutes' piay when Brand kicked a penalty goal from the sideline, 35 yards out, against the wind. Bergh, and then Louw and Lotz, came through fast from the scrum and fed Bester on tho wing, but he was crowded' into touch." The tourists' forwards wero now playing a grand, aggressive game, robbing the home backs of the ball and handing it out to their own in neat, swift passes. Watt and Nel j led a deep raid into Manawatu 's j twenty-five, but Waldin, whose defence j was extremely sound, saved to the line. I The going was tight, and twice the j Springbok forwards were pushed out by the eorner flag before from a scrum the ball came to Craven, whose perfectly executed dive pass sent Lyster brilliantly through an inviting gap to complete between tbe posts. Brand converted, an^. the score as the division sounded was eight points in favour of South Africa. Scores Come Freely. Immediate attack was the policy of the Springbok forwards on xesumption, Berg and Louw leading them through to cateh Waldin in possession. The, game was held np while Bastard received attention for % facial injury, and then the visiting. backs staged an admirable movement. Craven got the ball away, and with faultless knee-high passing it travelled out to Lochner, who short-punted for the line and Lyster,- racing through, scored his second try. Brand 's kick failed by a narrow margin. Two minutes later Be3ter kieked through, Waldin being unable to halt him, and Lochner, coming down fast, seeured across the line to score. Brand converted. — 16 — U. Manawatu 's Try. Getting away fast from a wheeled scrum, Edlin transferred to Finlay, and • the two made good headway through the defence before, after a momentaiy hait, iN ou iiih.11 joined in to go acroM it possession. Finlay 's kick hit the cwsbar and fell outside. •; Waldin was bumped hard attempting [to clear in face of a rush by Nel, but jgot the ball out in the eorner. It was ja tight outlook for Manawatu but a penalty proved invaluable. Harris idropped a pass to upset tli9 South ■African backs iu a l?kely attack and 'hard scrummaging concentratcd on Manawatu 's twenty-five until Brand, after a good attempt from a mark, kicked another penalty goal, from 30 yards out. The Springboks were now riglit up with the play, their handling becoming progrossively more daring. Harris acceptcd a high pass from Craven one-hande'(l and went nearly 1 through before giving the ball to Watt, : who com'pleted by tho posts. Brand again converted. Nel and Lotz fed the ball out to Harris who made a brilliant run only for las soppurts to lose possession. Then Brand delightcd the crowd vsit.li a mnguificent iield goal tToiu jpractica'Hy haliwsy. It wu his

Ehird attempt & a few minutes and fta' others had bees close.-— 28 — 3. McKenzie led ihe greens into the open but Brand halted the attack. Long, disconcerting passes increased the visitors' supremacy at this stage, and after Bester had gojie down between Waldin and Buick the forwards carried on, the ball going from Strachan to Watt and on to Bastard^ who scored. Brand just missed. Bester was robbed of a try by Wasley who ran across to kick the ball off the invader's toes right on the line, but Manawatu infringed iu the ensuing scrum and Brand goaled. The final try came in racy style, Louw, whose first New Zealand appearance had been brilliant, : crossing under the posts after Harris and Bastard had drawn the last line of defence. Brand converted. In the last five minutes Manawatu ■ held up a relentless attack, the game ending: j South Africa 89 Manawatu .. .. .. .. .. .. 8 Dr. M. Dickson (Canterbury) refereed.